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Probably - my JDM car had a 1-wire sensor, but I now have a generic Bosch 4-wire one fitted to my car that I picked up new on eBay for under a tenner a few years ago. I was getting intermittent errors and the O2 sensor was the culprit so I decided to change it out, but I didn't want to spend any mor...

Ordered one up from my friendly local factor (with 10% loyalty discount and always a good chat about Japanese sports cars) and my wife is kindly going to pick it up this morning on her way back from Tesco. I think it will be about £20.

Thanks for the tip, I found it and a few other ones. The lines on my car don't match any of them which might explain why I've never been able to get above 10 psi with the oversize pulley. I'm going to take the throttle body off and have a good look at the ABV tomorrow and re-fill the SC with oil whi...

Been searching the posts for info on the ABV as I'm making a blanking plate up next week for mine. Thing is the vacuum lines have been messed about with more than once and I'm wondering if there's a link to the diagram for the original arrangement of the lines somewhere or could someone tell me if i...

Can't get this to work...

I can't weld, but I know a man who can :) The first set I made weren't even welded, just threaded into pieces of brass with an internal thread I found in the junk box. A pair of lock nuts made sure they didn't move around. I think I paid about £8 each for mine, so even if they do wear out (which the...

Cheers, that's what I wanted to hear. Every manual I've ever read suggests using a ball joint splitter and I've never needed one yet, just a hammer, or they just separate when you undo the bolts.

I'll do this job next week when I'm off work and that's it done.

Ta.

Ford Fiesta ones cut, sleeved and welded so the links are on the same side. Work a treat and last well.

I've got a SC with a big pulley getting about 11 PSI and I've been investigating building a grunt-style box based on some reverse engineering because the car definitely peaks out just above 5000 RPM. I hooked up a digital voltmeter to the O2 sensor connection on the diagnostic connector and ran that...

Had my 88 SC MOT'd last Wednesday and it passed with flying colours, but the bloke doing the test warned me to get the rear ball joint on the driver's side changed before next year. Any hints tips? Is this part expensive and are they available from Toyota okay? He also mentioned a 'track rod end' at...

Funny, Id say the exact opposite. I agree Me too, i'm after a nice high revving rumble now. The Janspeed is just noise all through the rev range. My 350Z had the power to back up the noise it made but for the mk1 it needs to be more subtle. My car's a modified SC though and trust me, the Janspeed s...

Jimi, many thanks again.

That's the potentiometer I have so the car must have had climate control although the air conditioning has been removed so it doesn't work any more.

This has definitely got me thinking...

All the best

Glenn

I like the Janspeed, sounds more 'muscle car' and less ' Clio with an empty beans tin on the back end.'

I went down the route of building a speaker enclosure that fits in place of the centre storage box. It is wired in place of the 2 useless tweeters behind your ears (buzzers more like) and has a woofer and tweeter with a crossover and cost me a grand total of £20. I recently was given 2 much better s...

Jimi, that looks like it. I'll have another go at wiggling it out tomorrow when I have a bit of time. On the N/A car, what is the 'heat' lever connected to? On mine there is a linear potentiometer linked to it with 2 wires connected. This might explain why I can't find this on the wiring diagrams. T...

Jimi I've taken the temperature control off and been wiggling away at the circuit board, but it won't come loose and I'm scared of wrecking the whole thing. Any tips? After taking the heater control and radio out it leaves a cracking big space for a car-computer head unit in there. I spent last nigh...

I like that look, would go well with the car-puter project I'm considering.

Where did you get the dials if that isn't a cheeky question?

Barney, I have an SC I've owned for just over 10 years and I finally got round to changing the coolant a fortnight ago. The level does sit a bit below the radiator cap, but I don't have any problems with the coolant overflowing from the expansion bottle. Did you remember to bleed the engine air valv...

La Roux music video featuring the MK1 - tres retro

http://youtu.be/tXtATeQ7GKg

Cheers Jimi, much appreciated.

I was looking last night at a really interesting PIC-based immobiliser design that uses just one spare switch and LED for code entry in the form of a 4 digit PIN entered as a series of presses and gaps. Very discreet!